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Halberstadt

a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop.: 40 014 (2003 est.)
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Halberstadt

 

a city in the German Democratic Republic, in Magdeburg District, on the Holtemme River, in the northern foothills of the Harz Mountains. Population, 46,800 (1973). Halberstadt produces furniture, industrial rubber goods, and machinery, including diesel engines and agricultural equipment. It also has a food-processing industry. The city has the Heineanum museum, which is devoted to birds.

Important examples of architecture include the Romanesque Church of Our Lady (12th century) and the Gothic town hall (14th—17th centuries). Many new residential and public buildings have been constructed; notable are the apartment houses on Rathenau Strasse (1957, architects E. Schulze, R. Mueller, and others).

REFERENCE

Doering, O. Die Kirchen von Halberstadt. Augsburg, 1927.
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